The worst song ever?

[ringway]

What is the worst song you have ever heard?


I'll start the ball rolling with these two.




For instant depression, try this.

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NO!

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[Frankie]

I have to confess to liking the first one,more perhaps because it's a memory from my childhood. To be fair we used to sing different words to it:bannana:

 

[Dryce]

What is the worst song you have ever heard?

It's a three way draw for me with the 60s, 70s, and 80s each producing exceptionally awful songs that make Billy Bragg look good.

• Long haired Lover from Liverpool by the Osmond brat
• Cinderella Rockefella by Esther and Abi Ofarim
• Love Missile F1-11 by Sigue Sigue Sputnik

 

[Dryce]

I have to confess to liking the first one,more perhaps because it's a memory from my childhood. To be fair we used to sing different words to it:bannana:

I played this without realising that I had Sergio Morricone's Death Rattle playing simultaneously as if it were part of it (the harmonica theme from Once Upon a Time in the West). It actually improves it a lot.

 

[MOCAŠ]

Depends whether we're looking for the worst song, or the worst (professional) performance of a song.

There's not much I won't listen to, but there are a few singers whose performances I tend to avoid simply because their voices grate one me, including Ethel Merman (no surprise there) and Frank Sinatra.

As for worst song, I could nominate any number of so-called novelty records, such as this one:

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Then there are the insipid efforts that tend to be turned out by the Eurovision and X-Factor pop machines. Too many examples to mention, but here's one of each:

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Forced lyrics can often be the downfall of a decent tune. I reserve a pet hatred for any song whose lyrics include a lazy rhyme. Examples include "forget"/"regret" and "sunshine...rain"/"pleasure...pain", but the one that I really can't stand is the invariably contrived pairing of "change" and "rearrange", especially when they find their way into a song that I otherwise rather like. I have so far counted well over 50 examples of this pairing alone, some from accomplished artists who really should know better (Yes [at least twice!], Prince, Supertramp, The Seekers, etc). Again, I offer a couple of examples:

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But the tin hat surely has to go to this excruciating version of the otherwise likeable Downtown: (If you stick with it until the whistling starts you're truly a masochist.)

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[stevieb15]

"You'll never walk alone", "Blue moon", "Marching on together" and "Goodnight Irene" are right at the bottom of my play list.

 

[PXW]

What is the worst song you have ever heard?


I'll start the ball rolling with these two.




For instant depression, try this.

[jacks]





NO!

[zavaroni]

Quite like the Terry Jacks one. Much better than the sequel, which is also a McKuen translation of a Jacques Brel original:

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Zavaroni was a tragedy - remarkable voice, but dead at 35 from complications of anorexia.

 

[flango]

I'm having to think about this one, so much sh*te to choose from

 

[swannymere]

Imagine - John Lennon, can't stand it, don't know why.

 

[mattc]

Black Lace - Agadoo or the Tweets with the Birdie Song.

Both should have been taken outside and shot like a rabid dog

 

[PXW]

Imagine - John Lennon, can't stand it, don't know why.

Likewise - for me it's the grave offence of the line '...and no religion too...'. 'No religion either'. Or 'also no religion'. Or perhaps 'nor any religion'. But never 'no religion too'

 

[moonloops]

Anything by Status Quo makes me want to punch a kitten..

 

[trapperjohn]

Any alleged song by any football team.

 

[ringway]

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[moonloops]

Trololo Sing Along! - YouTube

 

[John]

The worst 'song' I've heard yet I think was on a 1976 TOTP about the 'Boston Tea Party'.

Songs rarely offend me but that one does. Utter shyte.

 

[Ted]

Ah. SAHB

Not one of their best, I admit, however 'The Faith Healer' was brilliant

 

[goldenii68]

Amarillo - Tony Christie - YouTube

Tony Christie -Amarillo enough said !!!!!

 

[Meldrew2]

I'm surprised. So far, nobody's even mentioned "Orville's song".

In kindness, I've only posted a picture. If you really want to hear it, I'm sure it's on YouTube somewhere.....

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[Meldrew2]

Amarillo - Tony Christie - YouTube

Tony Christie -Amarillo enough said !!!!!

I saw Tony Christie live a few years ago. What a sensational voice. A superb show that packed every seat in the theatre.

I met the man himself the following day and had to congratulate him - he's very shy in person - and I think he was as surprised as anyone else when "Amarillo" got back into the charts.

I still think that "I did what I did for Maria" was his best..............